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musette n

(music) (historical) Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century. (by extension) A pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating such an instrument; also, a dance performed to this music. (historical) An organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators, found in organs in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. A small oboe without a cap for its reed, which evolved from the chanter or pipe of bagpipes; a piccolo oboe. (chiefly US, originally military) In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items. Stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France from Carcassonne to Foix takes place today.

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